Viceroyship

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The office or term of a viceroy. countable, uncountable

    "Whileſt the Turks thus lorded it in Syria and the leſſer Aſia, the Saracen Caliph commanded in Egypt; under whom, two great Lords, Dargan and Sanar, fell out about the Sultanie or Vice-royſhip of that land."

  2. 2
    the position of viceroy wordnet

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"Whileſt the Turks thus lorded it in Syria and the leſſer Aſia, the Saracen Caliph commanded in Egypt; under whom, two great Lords, Dargan and Sanar, fell out about the Sultanie or Vice-royſhip of that land."

Etymology

From viceroy + -ship.

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